Featured Poem: The Little Dancers by Laurence Binyon

This week’s Featured Poem is The Little Dancers by Laurence Binyon. I love the final line of this poem, ‘their eyes shining, grave with a perfect pleasure’ which sums up the children’s enjoyment at their simple pleasure in the dreary setting.

A Whizz-tour through the Wonderful World of Children’s Literature – See more at: http://www.thereader.org.uk/courses/short-course-for-serious-readers-a-whizz-tour-through-the-wonderful-world-of-childrens-literature.aspx#sthash.9y7UikNn.dpuf

A Whizz-tour through the Wonderful World of Children’s Literature – See more at: http://www.thereader.org.uk/courses/short-course-for-serious-readers-a-whizz-tour-through-the-wonderful-world-of-childrens-literature.aspx#sthash.9y7UikNn.dpuf

A Whizz-tour through the Wonderful World of Children’s Literature – See more at: http://www.thereader.org.uk/courses/short-course-for-serious-readers-a-whizz-tour-through-the-wonderful-world-of-childrens-literature.aspx#sthash.9y7UikNn.dpuf